Numbers 14:24:5Num.14.24.W5TAB

ר֤וּחַ

ruakh

a spirit

Transliteration
RU-akh
Extended
ROO-akh
IPA
/ˈruːaħ/

Meaning by language

English
a spirit

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Result
ר֤וּ + חַ
ru + akh
ruakh

Alphabet Analysis

Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    RU-akh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    RU-akh a-KHE-ret

  3. clause

    ve-av-DI ka-LEV E-kev ha-ye-TAH RU-akh a-KHE-ret im-MO va-ye-mal-LE a-kha-RAI

  4. sentence

    ve-av-DI ka-LEV E-kev ha-ye-TAH RU-akh a-KHE-ret im-MO va-ye-mal-LE a-kha-RAI va-ha-vi-o-TIV el-ha-A-retz a-SHER-BA sha-MAH ve-zar-O yo-ri-she-NAH

Exegesis

The causal preposition ekev {עֵקֶב | ʿê-qeḇ} ‘because’ introduces the reason clause, underscoring ruach acheret {רוּחַ אַחֶרֶת | rū-ạ-ḥ ʾă-ḥe-ret} ‘another spirit,’ where the feminine noun–adjective pairing highlights an internal disposition.

Root and etymology

Rootresh-vav-chet

breath, spirit

In contextNumbers 14:24

But my servant Caleb, because there was another spirit with him and he fully followed Me, I will bring him into the land that he came to, and his descendants will inherit it.

About this coordinate

Numbers 14:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 14:24, so the Hebrew word ר֤וּחַ (ruakh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.14.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.24.W5.S1) and character.